Alan, merci mille fois for the decades of beauty and pleasure you have given my friends and me.
We love you! You are our vrai Barde. We believe you are a musical genius.
Since the 70s, we have watched, with pleasure, your style morph through traditional Breton and other Celtic. Through jazz/rock/Celtic fusion. And, now we are SO excited about the experimental world-beat of « Explore! » Each evolution has been increasingly interesting and exciting. We wonder which facet of your talent you will show us next?!
You sing like an angel. You can make your harp weep, and us weep with it. (But me, I love the bombarde). 😉
People describe your work as « driving » (like, Arvor-You), » otherworldly » (like Celtic Symphony and Journee a la Maison) « heartrending, » »haunting » (Renaissance of the Celtic Harp), « primal, » and « deeply intuitive, » « compelling » (Rock Harp), « affecting » (Reve), and « innovative » (Let the Plinn, Back to Breizh).
We also admire and thank you for keeping people aware of the ancient and magnificent Breton culture.
I apologize for having to write this in English. My French is very poor.
But, please remember that so many people whom you will never meet send love and warmest good wishes to you.
We will continue to follow, and enjoy your work.
We will keep you in our thoughts.
Thanks, again! Much love, Kari
BTW– One quick question– Unable to find « Journee a la Maison » on CD, and it’s a favorite. Do you have a source?
Take care. 😉
Thank you so much to you !
We have not yet re-masterised Journée à la maison, but it is one of our projects i the near future.
Best wishes,
alan
Je vous découvert il ya de nombreuses années tout en vivant en France. Maintenant, j’ai attendu pour vous de venir en Californie pour près de 30 ans, et avait regardé pour vos concerts chaque fois que je suis en France. Malheureusement, nos chemins se croisent jamais, et là je suis venue à Paris avec ma mère qui a 80 ans au début de Septembre, pour découvrir, vous y serez en Novembre. Ah, il arrive toujours! Serez-vous à faire d’autres concerts partout en France (nous serons également en Provence), les 2 premières semaines de Septembre? Aimerions avoir votre musique en live!
Agréable de voir un autre californien avec bon goût!
Sorry for my poor French, j’ai oublie presque tout!
Amities,
Shannon
Hi Shanon,
Thank you.
I have played in California rather in the 80s. My new tour will only begin in February.
There is a project for Canada next spring. I hope it will be completed by dates in the US, but it’s not easy.
Best,
alan
M. Le Barde has many, many friends in California.
He will never meet them, but we are friends nonetheless.
We know him by his musics. He knows us by our good will and support.
It works well.
If he doesn’t make it to CA on concert tour, no problem. We will just continue to buy the CDs. 🙂
🙂 K.